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How do the St. Paul mayor and city council plan to vote on two St. Paul ballot questions?

When St. Paul voters go to the polls, they’ll encounter two ballot questions that would have far-reaching impacts on their property taxes, childcare options and municipal elections. The primary query asks voters whether to approve a 10-year property tax increase...

Brooklyn Park City Council member’s censure prolonged claiming continued inappropriate behavior online

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St. Paul City Council approves TIF funding for downtown Mary Hall

The St. Paul City Council will use tax increment finance dollars pooled from TIF districts throughout town to prop up the redevelopment of downtown Mary Hall into 90 units of supportive housing for the recently homeless. AEON is purchasing...

St. Paul City Council again asks charter commission for right to impose administrative citations

The last time the St. Paul City Council urged the town charter commission to provide them the ability to impose non-criminal fines on rule-breakers, the charter commission said no. That was in 2021, when a 7-6 vote quashed a proposal...

St. Paul City Council requires recent parking lots to be EV-ready

The St. Paul City Council on Wednesday approved recent requirements that future surface parking lots spanning no less than 15 stalls be developed with electrical conduit or raceway connections readying them for electric vehicle charging stations. The brand new rules...

St. Paul City Council weighs rezoning Marshall Avenue corner for 7 townhomes

To accommodate his plans for seven townhomes at 1984 Marshall Ave., developer Stephen Moriarty recently asked town to rezone the corner parcel for the next intensity of residential, multi-family development. “There’s not loads of townhomes available in St. Paul,” said...

St. Paul City Council Member Anika Bowie filed for office using improper address, owes $1,200 in parking, traffic tickets

St. Paul City Council Member Anika Bowie has greater than $1,200 in unpaid parking and speeding tickets dating back to 2021 in addition to questions round her sworn affidavit of candidacy, which lists a house address at which she...

Plans to vary Met Council governance on hold

The chairs of the 2 legislative transportation committees have given up for now on changing how the Met Council is governed. The 2 Minneapolis DFLers haven’t, nevertheless, given up on changing how the regional government manages its biggest and...

St. Paul City Council green-lights hotel at Allianz Field

The St. Paul City Council has offered a green light to a brand new eight-story, 160-unit hotel and parking garage planned instead of the McDonald’s restaurant on University Avenue near Allianz Field, voting 5-0 to grant the developer’s appeal...

Minneapolis City Council delays wage hike for rideshare drivers to July 1

The Minneapolis City Council voted Thursday to delay implementation of a wage hike for rideshare drivers from May 1 to July 1, allowing more time for competing transportation network firms to launch their services in light of the threatened...
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St. Paul prevails in legal fight to raze, replace historic Hamline-Midway Library

Following 16 months of litigation, a Ramsey County district judge has given the town of St. Paul the go-ahead...
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St. Paul-based Securian Financial lays off 58 employees across departments

Securian Financial has notified 58 employees — roughly 2% of its total workforce — that their roles with the corporate are being eliminated in...

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum seeks thirteenth term in rematch with May Lor Xiong in 4th District

Longtime St. Paul Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is in search of one other term in Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional District and again faces May...

Believed to have been the oldest working nurse in Minnesota, Joyce Gimmestad retired at 88. She reflects on 7 many years in healthcare

Joyce Gimmestad hoped to succeed in 90 before retiring from being a nurse. Still, she retired on June 22, at 88, attributable to a...

Family of 83-year-old St. Paul man killed in hit-and-run: ‘We’ll forgive you. … Please turn yourself in’

For 30 years, John Bidon took each day runs around Lake Phalen near his St. Paul home. He’d stretch it out to 5 miles...